CA-K782Economy & trade

George Cox, banker and insurance magnate

George A. Cox, portrait published in 1907. George A. Cox · Unknown author · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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George Cox, after a business career in Peterborough, moved to Toronto as it challenged Montréal as Canada’s banking capital. President of the Canadian Bank of Commerce from 1890 to 1906, he expanded it into Western Canada, and as head of Canada Life he dominated the insurance industry from the mid-1890s until his death in 1914.

Scope & context

Cox as described in his designation.

Sources behind this record

George Cox National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

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